How tall is MS Dhoni?

MS Dhoni's listed height is 175 cm (5'9"). He is taller than about 93% of men in India.

Where 175 cm sits among men in India

Taller than about 93% of men in India born in 1981 (average 165.1 cm).

About MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni is an Indian professional cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper. He was born on 7 July 1981 in Ranchi and made his first-class debut for Bihar in 1999. He debuted for India on 23 December 2004 in an ODI against Bangladesh and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka.

Dhoni captained India in limited overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. He led India to the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2011 Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, and is the only captain to win three different limited overs ICC tournaments. He scored 17,266 runs in international cricket and led the Chennai Super Kings to several Indian Premier League titles. He was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in June 2025.

At a listed 175 cm (5'9"), Dhoni is married to Sakshi Dhoni. He holds an honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Parachute Regiment of the Indian Territorial Army, presented by the Indian Army in 2011.

Frequently asked

How tall is MS Dhoni in feet and inches? MS Dhoni is 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

Is MS Dhoni tall for men in India? At 175 cm he is taller than about 93% of men in India born in 1981, whose average height is 165.1 cm.

Sources

• MS Dhoni on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• MS Dhoni on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 175 cm.
• MS Dhoni on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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